Jeff O'Neill

Jeffrey O'Neill ( born February 23, 1976 in Richmond Hill, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. During his career he played for the Hartford Whalers and Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League.

Playing career

The 1.85 m wide winger began his career with the Guelph Storm in the Canadian Junior Football League OHL before he selected at the NHL Entry Draft in 1994 as a fifth in the first round by the Hartford Whalers ( drafted ) was.

Even after the move of the franchise to Carolina, he stood still for the team, which has since been in the NHL plays under the name Carolina Hurricanes, on the ice. With the Hurricanes the right shooter reached the Stanley Cup Final in 2002, but which went against the Detroit Red Wings lost. To date, O'Neill is in all points statistics of the team on the first or second place in 2003 he was also elected to the Eastern Conference team for the 53rd NHL All-Star Game.

On 30 July 2005, the then 30 - year-old Canadian was transferred from the Hurricanes in exchange for a draft pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2006 to the Toronto Maple Leafs after he had expressed a desire to play for the Maple Leafs. Thus he could be closer to his family after the accidental death of his brother surprising Donny. After spending the 2006 /07 with the Maple Leafs and had one of the best scorers of the team, he sat out the entire 2007/08 season. In the late summer of 2008 he took part in the training camp of the Carolina Hurricanes, but agreed just before the start of the season that the team release him from his contract sample.

Awards and achievements

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )